Overview
- Syrian authorities say they now control the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh districts after days of fighting, while the SDF confirmed a mediated ceasefire and evacuation from the city.
- Buses carried SDF fighters to northeastern Syria, with an AP reporter seeing departures and officials citing at least 360 evacuees, as another official later put total transfers from Sheikh Maqsoud at 419 including wounded.
- Officials reported roughly 300 Kurds detained, a figure disputed by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which said many of those held were civilians rather than fighters.
- Authorities and monitors reported at least two dozen people killed and more than 140,000 displaced, as residents began returning to Ashrafiyeh and first responders cleared rubble and mines while Sheikh Maqsoud remained closed.
- US envoy Tom Barrack pressed for a return to talks under last year’s integration framework, with international calls for calm reinforcing the ceasefire even as political differences over autonomy persist.